Fishing-fly.



No. 66l,788. Patented Nov. I3, 1900. c. n. BROOKE.

F I S H l N G F L Y.

(Application filed Ocfis. 4, 1897. Renewed Apr. 3, 1900.) (No Model.)

WITNESSES:

INVENTORY @M 754% Ada bk BY fiiw q v UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OIIARLES D. BROOKE, OF COSHOCTON, OHIO.

FISHING-FLY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,788, dated November 13, 1900.

Application filed October 4, 1897. Renewed April 3, 1900. Serial No. 11,352. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. BROOKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coshocton, in the county of Ooshocton and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fishing-Flies, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement ofv fishing-flies; and the objects of my invention are to provide an improved device of this character of such construction and arrangement as .to impart to the fly a life-like appearance when in the water, to combine said fly with a spinner attachment by means of which a natural movement and fluttering action of the wings of the insect is imparted when the same is drawn through the water, andto produce other improvements in details of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a View in elevation of my improved fishingfly, and Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereofp Similar letters refer to similar parts through out both views. I

a represents the body of the fly, which may be of any desirable, but preferably elongated, form and which is provided on opposite sides with outwardly-extendingwings b. Extending through this body is the shank of a hook c, and upon this hook-shank is also mounted at one end of. the body a a suitable beador fly-head d. Mounted. on the hook-shank at the rear end of the body Ct is a collar or guard e, which is preferably of the cup form shown and flares outwardly.

f represents a spinner-body which in the manner hereinafter described operates as a motor to impart the desired motion or movewhich encircles said'body one or more times and which extends from end to end thereof.

. The body f has its inner end extending-within the mouth of the guard e and is adapted to rotate upon the hook-shank. The hook c is provided on its outer end with the usual fish-engagingbarb while the shank ofi-said hook hassecnred thereto at its outer end a desirable form of snood or snell h. It is evident that in the construction of the above-described fly I may impart any suit 'able color or colors to the various parts of the. fly-body, wings, or spinner-flange, employing such colors and combinations thereof as are best adapted to impart a life-like appearance to the fly and to attract a fish. It is evident that the spinner-body may have attached thereto, if desired, other books or clusters thereof. In operation the frictional contact with the water, when my device is drawn therethrough, with the spiral flange of the spinner-body must result, as will readily be seen, in the'rapid spinning or rotation of the spinner-body and in imparting to the flybody and its wings an exceedingly life-like fluttering movement. It is obvious that a fly of the character herein described may be produced in various sizes and will beof great utility in fishing for salmon, bass, trout, and other fish.

Although the shank of the hook is shown and described herein as passing through the spinner and fiy body, it is obvious that suitable wire cord or snood continuation might be made to connect said parts and that the hook might be connected directly with the fly or spinner.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters ing wings, of a spinner-body rotatably journaled on said hook-shank, said spinner-body being of an ellipsoidal form and provided with a spiral flange, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a fishing-fly the combination with a V hook, a fly-body carried thereon, said flybody being provided with laterally-projecting wings, of a spinner-body rotatably journaled on saidhook-shank, said spinner-body being of an ellipsoidal form and provided with a spiral flange extending throughout its lengthand a substantially cup-shaped guard c interposed between said spinner-body and I C. O. SHEPHERD, EDWARD M. TAYLOR. 

